Hurricane Irma Pet Friendly Evacuations & Hurricane Shelters

***New pet friendly shelter and boarding locations will be added as we receive information!! Pawlease email of facebook message to help us add to our list***Livestock & equine boarding added!

Oh Pupsters! The third year of weather bringing us horrible stormies to FL, GA, SC, & NC! AGAIN!! 2015 brought the 1000 year flood, and then Hurricane Matthew in 2016 hit my hometown in Charleston, SC! Hurricane Irma is approaching Florida quickly and I wants to provide resources for hurricane evacuees with pets in FL, GA, NC, and my especially my home state of SC pet friendly evacuation shelters, pet friendly housing accommodations, discounted housing and animal boarding, and other pet friendly hotels and options that may be available for you and/or your fur babies! Many of our animal shelters along the lower east coast will be evacuated for Hurricane Irma and many pups, cats, and horses are in need of places to stay! Here are some of the places I have found helping pups and their hoomans in need!

NOTE: COUNTIES IN ORANGE HAVE PET FRIENDLY HURRICANE SHELTERS LISTED. We are adding locations as we find them. We cannot guarantee these shelters are activated or accurate but are doing our best to confirm and will update as we receive new inpawmation! We are only adding as they are reported to be open***

FL Pet Friendly Hurricane Shelters:

CALL 1-800-342-3557 (Florida Emergency Hotline)They will help those that need help leaving/have no way out (ANYONE! includes lack of transportation, money, etc!) and will help with pets and transport. Especially important to call if you are turned away from a shelter to get real time help. After noon today they may not be able help rescue/transport people in certain areas for the safety of the emergency personnel and high winds. Please encourage people to call the number now if they even think they might need help.

** The Florida Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services, Division of Animal Industry, has temporarily suspended the intrastate movement requirements for the transportation of animals from the areas expected to be impacted by Hurricane Irma. Border states have waived their interstate import requirements for Florida’s pets and livestock leaving the expected impact areas of Hurricane Irma.

SOUTHEAST FLORIDA EVACUATION

Pet friendly evacuation shelter can hold 300 people and up to 700 animals, including dogs, cats and birds. You must be pre-registered, have proof of residency in Palm Beach County, and live in a mandatory evacuation zone.

If you live in Miami-Dade and want to take your animals to a pet friendly shelter you are encouraged to pre -register online at www.miamidade.gov/hurricane or call 786-331-5354.

Pet-Friendly Center: 10901 Coral Way, Miami

Pet Friendly Hurricane Shelters Monroe County, FL

Monroe County has a pet-friendly shelter at E. Darwin Fuchs Pavilion (10901 SW 24th Street), but due to the city declaring mandatory evacuations, the shelter will not be available.

Pet Friendly Hurricane Shelters Martin County, FL

There are no pet friendly human/pet shelter in Martin County. The Humane society will be taking pets on first come.

Martin County has an agreement with the Treasure Coast Humane Society at 4100 SW Leighton Farm Ave. in Palm City, FL to house PETS ONLY of families living in mandatory evacuation zones. For more information and to pre-register, call 772-223-8822.

Note: Pets are welcome at all shelters. Evacuees are reminded to bring crates or at least have pets on leashes. Germain Arena advises they do not have pet-sheltering capabilities. However, no one will be turned away from the shelter while capacity remains.
***IMPORTANT*** Please bring food and water to the shelter with you!

**Pre-registration is required** Registrations are suspended once a Hurricane Warning has been issued. A pet-friendly shelter is offered by Collier County Domestic Animal Services in conjunction with the Collier County Bureau of Emergency Services and is limited to 75 animals.

FREE MICROCHIPSWednesday and Thursday from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. for the first 200 cats and dogs that are current on their Collier County licenses and vaccinations.

Immokalee Middle School (pet-friendly), REPORTED FULL

Cypress Palm Middle School (pet-friendly), REPORTED FULL

CENTRAL EAST FLORIDA EVACUATION

Pet Friendly Hurricane Shelters Volusia County, FL

Special Needs Shelters (pet friendly for those with special needs) Open Saturday 10am

Pets must be in crates to be allowed in the shelter. This site also has parking for large vehicles – there are no power hook-ups. Evacuees with RV’s that need lots can call the information line at (850) 983-INFO (4636)

Pet Friendly Hurricane Shelters Okaloosa County, FL

Pet Friendly Hurricane Shelters Walton County, FL

Pet Friendly Hurricane Shelters Homes County, FL

Pet Friendly Hurricane Shelters Washington County, FL

Pet Friendly Hurricane Shelters Bay County, FL

Pet Friendly Hurricane Shelters Jackson County, FL

Pet Friendly Hurricane Shelters Calhoun County, FL

Pet Friendly Hurricane Shelters Liberty County, FL

Pet Friendly Hurricane Shelters Gulf County, FL

Pet Friendly Hurricane Shelters Franklin County, FL

GA Pet Friendly Hurricane Shelters:

Pet Friendly Hurricane Shelter Fulton County, GA

Atlanta Motor Speedway will open its camping facilities starting Thursday, free of charge, to evacuees seeking temporary refuge from the approaching Hurricane Irma. Evacuees will have free access to hot showers and restroom facilities.

Shelter for Hurricane Irma evacuees AND THEIR PETS as long as they come with kennels.

For more information call The Red Cross local office at 706-323-5614

Space left was 38 people as of 10:30am 9-9-17

SC Pet Friendly Hurricane Shelters:

As a general rule, only service animals are allowed in Red Cross shelters due to health and safety concerns. Pet owners are encouraged to make alternate emergency plans; however, people with pets can go to any open shelter and volunteers will make arrangements for them. http://scemd.org/shelters-rss

GA Pet Boarding for Hurricane Irma Evacuees:

Carroll County Animal Hospital

If you or your friends are being evacuated or staying here in Georgia because of Hurricane Irma, but you don’t know where to leave your furry family members, we have rooms available (and will make more room if needed) for dogs, cats, birds, reptiles, etc.
Give us a call! 770-832-2475 or 770-834-1000

FL Pet Boarding for Hurricane Irma Evacuees:

Livestock Shelter Marion County, FL

Southeastern Livestock Pavilion at 2232 NE Jacksonville Road , Ocala, FL. $10/day. All livestock will be accepted during 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. Owners will need to provide food, water buckets and care for their animals. There are 188 stalls available. For more information call 352-671-8600.

Equine Boarding for Hurricane Irma Evacuees:

Effective Thursday, September 7, 2017 at 8:00 a.m., the Georgia National Fairgrounds & Agricenter will serve as an Equine evacuation site for those in the line of Hurricane Irma. GNFA has a limited number of stalls available that will be opened to evacuees on a first come, first serve basis, no reservations will be accepted.

Owners will be required to provide the necessary feed, hay and tack to care for all horses while here. With the limited number of stalls available, equine owners will need to have a secondary site in case they’ve met capacity before arriving in Perry. Additional site locations can be found here.

Thanks for compiling this list! It’s hard enough for people to leave behind their homes, but asking them to leave behind a beloved pet makes it even worse. I am glad to see that so many shelters are allowing pets. This makes the decision to evacuate a whole lot easier.

No pawblem! Yes – and we don’t believe in leaving your pets. There are lots of pet friendly evacuation shelters, boarding facilities, and individuals opening their homes. NO excuses to leave pets behind but we want to help make it easier fur hoomans to know that 😉

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